CALIFORNIA HISTORY
Midwest transplants included Robert Stroud, known as this--inaccurately, as he couldn't bring his canaries from Leavenworth
The Birdman of Alcatraz
Luzon & Mindoro are 2 of the more than 7,000 islands & islets in this republic
the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur,
Syngman Rhee
Major ports on this lake include Waukegan, Racine & Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
In 1690 Henri de Massue abandoned France to serve the king of England, who created him Viscount Galway for his service here
Ireland
Strengthening Spain's control of California, this Franciscan monk founded his first mission in San Diego in 1769
Junipero Serra
Its embassy in Washington, D.C. notes that this principality is roughly the geographic size of Washington, D.C.
Liechtenstein
Saddam Hussein,
"Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf
the Gulf War
Great Falls, Montana & Sioux City, Iowa are both found along this river
the Missouri
Veteran politician Henri Queuille spurned the Vichy government for this alliterative movement led by de Gaulle
Free France
Known as Roosevelt Highway when it opened in 1929, it's now both State Route 1 & this "oceanic" road
the Pacific Coast Highway
Benin is the only country without an a that borders this 5-letter nation; Mali, Chad & 4 others fail the test
Niger
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell,
Florence Nightingale
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The coast of this large gulf is indented by fjords & inlets such as Cook Inlet & Prince William Sound
Gulf of Alaska
Citadelle Henri, one of the largest fortresses in the Americas, was built by Henri Christophe, king of this country
Haiti
In summer 1963, a religious crusade led by Reverend Graham at this L.A. venue (not the one in Rome) drew nearly one million attendees
The Coliseum
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North of the Arctic Circle, Mount Kebne rises nearly 7,000 feet as the tallest peak in this nation
Sweden
George Washington,
Marquis de Montcalm
the French and Indian War
This New England bay that had a colony named for it extends southward over 40 miles from Cape Ann
Massachusetts Bay
Henri de Tonti explored the Mississippi with this Sieur & for a post he founded, has been called "Father of Arkansas"
Sieur de La Salle
***TRIPLE STUMPER***In the early 20th c. the state got more than half its revenue from landowners paying these, later to be limited by the 1978 yes vote on Proposition 13
property taxes
Part of its eastern coast is on the Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
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Henry V,
Joan of Arc
the Hundred Years War
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[the War of the Roses]
Some call this bay the "Other Jersey Shore"
Delaware Bay
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This Florence-born woman, a major force in 16th c. Europe, was the wife of French King Henri II & the mother of Henri III
Catherine de' Medici